Clarence Asbury Gridley Jr

Military
media-43085.jpeg UPL 43085 Clarence Asbury Gridley, Jr.
Pilot
388th BG - 562nd BS
Shot Down 6 March 1944

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Object Number - UPL 43085 - Clarence Asbury Gridley, Jr. Pilot 388th BG - 562nd BS Shot Down 6 March 1944

Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW; Air Medal & Purple Heart

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald E Liebman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Cock O' The Walk" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.'

42-30800

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cock O The Walk
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Princess Pat" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.'

42-30829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Princess Pat
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-31194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess of Dixie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

42-5954

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mister Yank II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

729

  • Date: 29 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Roanoke, VA 16 January 1922

Enlisted

Atlanta, GA 14 May 1942

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland 15 March 1944 Dulag Luft XII Dates are approximate

Died

Tallahassee, FL 16 July 1994

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Schoeningsdorf, Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3034, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 3084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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